Repairing the Electronic Fence

What happens when the hidden wire is cut

In December of 2004, a car going too fast managed to
hit some ice and slide across the street, right into
one corner of our wooden fence. We were actually
away that day visiting from friends, so you can
imagine our surprise that evening when we came
home and saw the demolished fence corner. The police had
been by and left a report about the incident,
and we knew it would probably take a few months
to sort everything out and get the fence repaired.

Our fence after the crash, note the dangling electronic fence wiring

What concerned us most, however, was the state
of our Invisible Fence system. After all, we
depended on it to keep our dogs safe in our yard
and to prevent any further escapes. Because of
the layout of our yard,
we could block off the part of the yard with the
demolished fence  to keep them away from the
debris  but we still wanted the electronic fence
to keep them contained within the remaining
part of the property.

Luckily, the accident hadn't cut the wire,
so the system was still intact. You can tell this
quite easily by checking the green
light on the control unit.
In our case, the system was
still working, which meant our dogs were still
protected.

Repairing the electronic fence was easy

To repair the fence, though, we had
to cut the wire to untangle it from the
debris. But it's just a copper electrical wire, luckily, so all
you do is join the two parts of the wire using a standard
wire connector and the system is back to normal.
Again, the green light on the control unit
makes it easy to determine if the system's working
or not. And if you want to be doubly sure, just
remove a dog collar and hold it up near the
hidden fence boundary  if it starts
beeping when you approach the hidden fence's
electrical field, you know things are working.